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1:50 PM ET, April 16, 2012

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First Read / msnbc.com:
Romney offers policy details at closed-door fundraiser  —  PALM BEACH, FL — Mitt Romney went well beyond his standard stump speech at a closed-door fundraiser on Sunday evening, and offered some of the most specific details to date about the policies he would pursue if elected.
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Sara Murray / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Specifies Deductions He'd Cut  —  PALM BEACH, Fla.—Mitt Romney, speaking at a private fundraising event on Sunday, offered the first details of deductions he would eliminate or limit in order to offset the income tax cut he has proposed for all taxpayers.
Mike Allen / Politico:
Playbook: Romney secrecy  —  COMING ATTRACTIONS - David Axelrod tells us the Obama campaign will make a major umbrella issue of what he calls “Romney's penchant for secrecy”: “George Bush felt it was appropriate to release the names of his bundlers.  John McCain did.  But not Mitt Romney.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Romney Sells Inauguration Access, Nine Months Early  —  A cool $50,000 reserves your seat at the “presidential inaugural retreat.”  Now all Mitt has to do is get elected!  —  Romney greeted supporters during a phone bank fundraiser last May in Las Vegas.  —  (AP / Julie Jacobson)
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ann Romney: Controversy over Hilary Rosen remark an ‘early birthday present’  —  Ann Romney, the wife of GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, told supporters at a private fundraising event on Sunday that last week's Hilary Rosen controversy was an “early birthday present.”
Discussion: CNN, Runnin' Scared and The Mahablog
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Former Obama adviser Barnes: Bill Maher's comments on Ann Romney ‘problematic’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
David Chalian / Yahoo! News:
Pro-Obama super PAC puts Romney's wealth in spotlight
Discussion: GOP 12 and Swampland
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney's own hot-mic moment
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Campaign 2012
Callum Borchers / Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney says ‘all moms are working moms’ but mothers on welfare ‘need to go to work’
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
Secret Service Sex Scandal Upsets Obama Trip  —  President Barack Obama came to Colombia seeking to erase an image of the U.S. in Latin America as overassertive Yankees who exploit the region at will.  He left with the stereotype reinforced.  —  The sixth Summit of the Americas …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rep. Issa: Secret Service misconduct allegations reveal ‘pattern of behavior’
Joe Hagan / Texas Monthly:
Truth or Consequences  —  Eight years ago, Dan Rather broadcast an explosive report on the Air National Guard service of President George W. Bush.  It was supposed to be the legendary newsman's finest hour.  Instead, it blew up in his face, tarnishing his career forever and casting a dark cloud …
Memet Walker / The Daily Tar Heel:
Column: GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich cuts interview short with UNC student  —  As a reporter, I'm rarely at a loss for words when it comes to interviewing almost anyone.  By now, I've heard and seen a lot.  —  But there I was Saturday, standing alone with my recorder in a quiet stupor, as my subject, Newt Gingrich, rushed away.
ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Kicks Off VP Search  —  BOSTON - Mitt Romney today revealed for the first time that he has put longtime adviser Beth Myers in charge of his vice presidential vetting process.  —  “I have selected someone who has been a counselor of mine for a number of years, Beth Myers.
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
Spain has accepted mission impossible  —  Are the markets panicking because Spain may fail to hit its deficit targets, or are they panicking at the thought that Spain may succeed?  That, to me at least, is the key question facing eurozone policy makers.  The ultimate outcome of the eurozone crisis …
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Telegraph:
British Peer Lord Ahmed suspended after ‘offering £10m bounty on Barack Obama and George Bush’  —  A controversial British peer has been suspended from the Labour Party amid reports that he offered a £10 million bounty for the capture of President Barack Obama and his predecessor President George W Bush.
Greg Tepper / The Times of Israel:
Israeli TV report shows air force gearing up for Iran attack, says moment of truth is near  —  'IAF expects losses, and knows it can't destroy entire Iranian program'  —  major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran's nuclear facilities …
Jo McKenna / Telegraph:
Showgirls ‘performed nun striptease’ for Silvio Berlusconi  —  Showgirls dressed as nuns performed a pole-dancing striptease for former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi at a ‘bunga bunga’ party at his luxury villa at Arcore, a Milan court heard on Monday.  —  Giving evidence one of the guests …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Report: Democrat-controlled Senate laziest in 20 years  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks with reporters.  A Senate report review found that his chamber in 2011 was among the least productive in 20 years.  (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)  —  For those who need proof …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
BuzzFeed:
Herman Cain's Rally At The Capitol Is A Bust  —  Photo from Slate's Dave Weigel shows a small crowd for “Cain's Revolution on the Hill.”
Barbara Bradley Hagerty / NPR:
Christians Debate: Was Jesus For Small Government? … What would Jesus do with the U.S. economy?  —  That's a matter of fierce debate among Christians — with conservatives promoting a small-government Jesus and liberals seeing Jesus as an advocate for the poor.
Discussion: American Prospect and Althouse
FlyDubai:
Saudi Arabia bans ‘gays, tom-boys’ from schools  —  Saudi Arabia has decided to bar gays and tom boys from its government schools and universities within a crackdown against the spread of this phenomenon in the conservative Moslem Gulf Kingdom, a newspaper said on Monday.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Weasel Zippers
Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
In Conversation: Barney Frank  —  On the eve of his departure from Washington, the candid, caustic Massachusetts congressman talks with Jason Zengerle about Jon Stewart, Newt Gingrich, Tip O'Neill, Hillary Clinton, Fannie and Freddie ...  Think back a little bit to 1981, when you ­arrived here in Washington.
Bill Frezza / RealClearMarkets:
Corzine Steals Billions Sans Charges, Errant Whale Watcher Faces Prison  —  Justice may be blind, but who works overtime to make it deaf, dumb, and stupid?  —  Which would you imagine might attract more aggressive enforcement from the Justice Department: the theft of $1.2 billion …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Miami-Dade Fire Captain Blames Trayvon Martin Killing On ‘S**tbag’ Parents Of ‘Urban Youths’  —  The Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Department opened an investigation into a racist post on one of its captains' Facebook page.  According to The Grio, Brian Beckmann, a captain in the Miami-Dade fire department …
Rasmussen Reports:
73% Think Photo ID Requirement Before Voting Does Not Discriminate  —  Despite his insistence that voter fraud is not a serious problem, Attorney General Eric Holder was embarrassed last week when a video surfaced of someone illegally obtaining a ballot to vote under Holder's name …
Discussion: Althouse and The PJ Tatler
 
 
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John Avlon / CNN:
Where's the outrage over Republican's ‘communist’ claim?
CNN:
Pro-Obama super PAC to hit Romney on taxes
Discussion: The Hill
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Hillary Clinton parties in Colombia: Photos of dancing, beer-slugging secretary of state cause stir
Mark Magnier / World Now:
Attacks in Afghanistan end after 18 hours of intense battle
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Housing policy is holding back America's recovery
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Hill and Ezra Klein
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
GOP's List Of Latino Candidates Echoes Challenges With Latino Community
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Maddow Blog
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Events do not wait as Obama plays a delay defense
Discussion: The Glittering Eye and Mondoweiss
Steven Yaccino / New York Times:
Trayvon Martin Case Felt at N.R.A. Convention
 Earlier Items: 
John Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC Democratic Party executive director Jay Parmley resigns
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Sister Toldjah
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Business, labor groups gird for vote on controversial NLRB union election rule
David J. Lynch / Bloomberg:
Obama Bid to End Too-Big-to Fail Undercut as Banks Grow
Discussion: Hot Air and msnbc.com
New York Post:
GOP hopeful that Police Commissioner Kelly will run for mayor
Discussion: ANIMAL and New York Magazine
Jim Brunner / Seattle Times:
After Ohio loss, Kucinich again weighs run for Congress from Washington
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama-DNC raise $53 million in March
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Congressman Ed Towns Bows Out
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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